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Gran Premio della Lotteria

Monza, 21 Jun 1970

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Giovanni Salvati Tecno 68/69 - Cosworth FVA
#7 Tecno Racing Team
27
2 Graham Birrell Brabham BT30 [14] - Cosworth FVA
#12 Ecurie Ecosse (see note 1)
27
3 Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla Ferrari Dino 166 [0014] 6
#1 Scuderia Picchio Rosso
27
4 Bruno Frey Tecno 69/F2 ["T00 402"] - Cosworth FVA
#11 Midland Racing Team
27
5 Brian Cullen Brabham BT23C [11] - Cosworth FVA
#14 Brian Cullen (see note 2)
27
6 Giancarlo Gagliardi Brabham BT30 [4 as '7'] - Cosworth FVA
#5 Scuderia Jolly Club (see note 3)
26
7 Gianpaolo Benedini Tecno 68/F2 [T00 270] - Cosworth FVA
#9 Scuderia Brescia Corse (see note 4)
23
8 Adam Potocki Lotus 69 [69.F2.3] - Cosworth FVA
#10 Adam Potocki (see note 5)
17 retired
9 Pino Pica Brabham BT30 [22] - Cosworth FVA
#4 Scuderia Jolly Club (see note 6)
13 retired
10 Vittorio Brambilla Brabham BT23 [2] - Cosworth FVA
#2 Scuderia Picchio Rosso (see note 7)
0 retired

All cars are 1.6-litre F2 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla (F2) 1.6-litre Ferrari Dino 166 [0014] - Ferrari Dino 6
2 Pino Pica (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT30 [22] - Cosworth FVA
3 Graham Birrell (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT30 [14] - Cosworth FVA
4 Giovanni Salvati (F2) 1.6-litre Tecno 68/69 - Cosworth FVA
5 Brian Cullen (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23C [11] - Cosworth FVA
6 Bruno Frey (F2) 1.6-litre Tecno 69/F2 ["T00 402"] - Cosworth FVA
7 Adam Potocki (F2) 1.6-litre Lotus 69 [69.F2.3] - Cosworth FVA
8 Vittorio Brambilla (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23 [2] - Cosworth FVA
9 Giancarlo Gagliardi (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT30 [4 as '7'] - Cosworth FVA
10 Gianpaolo Benedini (F2) 1.6-litre Tecno 68/F2 [T00 270] - Cosworth FVA

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT30 [14] (Graham Birrell): Sold new to Ecurie Ecosse and run for Graham Birrell in F2 in 1970. Also raced once by Peter Gethin and by Richard Attwood later in the season. To Peter Westbury early 1971 and raced in several F2 races (also raced once by Dieter Quester) until the team's BT36 was delivered. Sold to Dunnett's Garage, converted to F/Atlantic specification and entered for Ronnie Mackay in libre and F/Atlantic in 1971 and 1972, run by MRE. To Chong Boon Seng for south east Asian racing in 1973 and used by him until 1976. Then to Del Schloemer and raced by him and by Cherie Schloemer in 1977 and 1978. To Wybe Valkema around 1980 and retained to 1982. Then to Australia and with Brian Wilson by 1988. Wilson sold it to Art Valdez (Torrance, CA) and from Valdez it returned to Australia when he sold it to Bob Ilich (Perth, WA) in 2010.
  2. Brabham BT23C [11] (Brian Cullen): New to Winkelmann Racing for Alan Rees to race in F2 in 1968 but also raced by Gerhard Mitter at Hockenheim in October. To Bill Ivey for 1969 and entered for him in F2 races by Paul Watson Racing Organisation (PWRO). To Brian Cullen (Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland) in August 1969 and he raced it in a F5000 race and in libre in 1969, in European F2 events in 1970, and at Bogotá in early 1971. Entered by Irish Racing Team for Lingard Goulding at Mondello Park in July 1971 and then maybe the BT23C raced by Ted Shanahan (Dublin) over the next two months and also possibly the BT23C raced by Roy Courtney (Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) in local clubmans/club specials racing in 1972. To Harold McGarrity (Belfast) for 1973 and raced in Formula Ireland with a 1.6-litre Holbay engine. To Paddy Heron for 1974 and raced in clubmans and in Formula Atlantic. For sale from Glengormley in 1975 and entered by Belfast car dealer Noel Crymble for Chris Stanfield to race at Kirkistown a couple of times until the Holbay pushrod engine blew up. Next seen when bought from Ireland by Mark Raymont who still had it in the late 1980s with a Holbay engine and Hewland Mk 8 gearbox. Sold to Steve Worrad (Whitchurch, Shropshire) of Maverick Motorsport around 2002 and restored by him. For sale by Maverick in 2004 and sold the following year via the Bonhams auction at RAF Hendon to Joe Willenpart (Scheibbs, Austria).
  3. Brabham BT30 [4 as '7'] (Giancarlo Gagliardi): Sold to Frank Williams Racing Cars and entered for Malcolm Guthrie in two F2 races at Zolder and Monza in June 1969, and for Derek Bell at Vallelunga at the end of the season. Next seen in June 1970 when entered by Scuderia Jolly Club for Giancarlo Gagliardi but now given as chassis BT30-7 instead of BT30-4. For Silvio Moser at Bogotá early 1971 and at Mallory Park in March; then entered by Scuderia Ala d'Oro for several drivers in the first half of the season. When the team's other two BT30s were written off, the team bought new March 712Ms, and the last time this remaining BT30 was seen was at Monza in June 1971, where Gimax failed to qualify. A car with chassis number BT30-7 with Fabio Montani (Italy) in 1997. This car was imported to the US by Dave Irwin (Colorado) in 1998 and restored. Then via Barry Marquart (Kansas) 1999, Peter McLaughlin (Hannover, NH) 2005, James King (Belleville, IL) 2006 and Richard Scott (Ohio) 2007 to Brad Baker (Oshawa, Ontario) in 2009.
  4. Tecno 68/F2 [T00 270] (Gianpaolo Benedini): The "usual car" of Carlo Facetti in 1968 and in the Argentine Temporada at the end of that season. Entered by Scuderia Picchio Rosso for Facetti at a couple of races in 1969 and for Gianpaolo Benedini on four occasions in 1970. Subsequent history unknown.
  5. Lotus 69 [69.F2.3] (Adam Potocki): New to Adam Potocki and raced very slowly in F2 in 1970. Retained for 1971, when he was no faster. Sold to Alain Saïdi and raced in French hillclimbs from 1972 to 1975, retaining its 1600cc Cosworth FVA throughout. Saïdi returned to the Lotus for a few events in 1978. According to Gérard Gamand, the car was later bought at auction by Guy Audibert in the mid-1980s, and restored at Gamand's workshops in Lyon. It was sold to Gérard Cerny, who raced it in historic events from the mid 1990s to early 2000s. Then sold it to Michel Ghio, who raced it in Historic F2 2010-2013.
  6. Brabham BT30 [22] (Pino Pica): Entered by Scuderia Jolly Club for Andrea De Adamich and Pino Pica in F2 in early 1970, then entered by either North Italian Racing or Scuderia Ala d'Oro for Vittorio Brambilla for the rest of the season. Retained for 1971 and entered by Scuderia Ala d'Oro for Vittorio Brambilla until the Nürburgring in early May when Brambilla crashed heavily. The car was reported to have been written off, and Sandro Angeleri's Ala d'Oro team bought replacement March 712Ms. In 1991, this car was reported to be on display at the Monza Museum. Nothing more known.
  7. Brabham BT23 [2] (Vittorio Brambilla): Motor Racing Developments entry for Denny Hulme in 1967 and probably the car used by Jack Brabham for a few races in July and August after his usual car was sold to Mick Mooney. Then raced by Frank Gardner in September. It was then taken to the Tasman series for Denny Hulme to drive after he had wrecked BT23-5 at Pukekohe. The BT23 was then advertised by Frank Williams in early April and sold by him to Ernesto 'Tino' Brambilla in Italy. Brambilla raced it as a Scuderia Picchio Rosso entry at Tulln-Langenlebarn in July 1968, but was then recruited by Ferrari to drive the F2 Dino 166, and his BT23 was only seen once more that season, when driven by Enzo Corti at Vallelunga in October. Corti drove the car for Scuderia Picchio Rosso right through the 1969 season, and it was then raced a few times in early 1970 by Vittorio Brambilla, Tino's younger brother. In 1970, the car had BT30 sidepods and wings. Its last appearance was in July 1970, after which the brothers bought new Brabham BT30s. The next steps in the car's life remains unclear, but it is said to have been acquired by Antonio Bernardo (Lugano, Switzerland) some time in the early 1970s. An original claim that Bernardo acquired it directly from the Winkelmann Racing at the end of the 1967 season appears to have been a misunderstanding. He stored it unused "for over 30 years". It was bought from Bernardo in 2006, and restored between 2006 and 2010. Paint layers on the bodywork match the colours used by MRD and Corti, and the double-rollhoop also matches Corti's car, but some questions remain unanswered about this car as of February 2023.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

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Individual sources for this event

Autosport (25 Jun 1970 p19) crammed their report into a corner but did mention that Jolly Club had the ex-Guthrie 1969 BT30 for Gagliardi ('suitably modified to comply with this year's rules') and Scuderia Brescia Corse had the ex-Facetti Tecno 68 for Benedini. Salvati had a works Tecno for his F2 debut (he won) and Frey's Tecno was described as a Tecno 69 on this occasion.